News deserts are complicated things. Penny Abernathy—the primary researcher behind the oft-cited “news deserts” map—told me last year that while…
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Inside the rise of ‘Free Speech’ anti-Facebook platforms across Central Europe | Rest of World
by Emily Schultheis
May 18, 2021
In late March, Jarosław Kaczyński, leader of Poland’s ruling Law and Justice Party and the country’s deputy prime minister, spoke…
Journalism trainees ‘need training’ to handle online abuse | Press Gazette
by Charlotte Tobitt
May 18, 2021
It is “necessary” to better prepare journalism trainees for the realities of increasingly “vile” online abuse they could face, according…
It Began as an AI-Fueled Dungeon Game. It Got Much Darker | WIRED
by Tom Simonite
May 7, 2021
IN DECEMBER 2019, Utah startup Latitude launched a pioneering online game called AI Dungeon that demonstrated a new form of human-machine collaboration. The…
Nearly three-quarters of female journalists have faced online violence, study finds | Poynter
by Al Tompkins
May 7, 2021
A UNESCO-commissioned global study of online violence against female journalists draws on more than 900 responses from journalists in 125…
Prototyping Feminist AI | Stanford University HAI
May 3, 2021
How can feminist methodologies and approaches be applied and be transformative when developing AI and ADM systems? How can AI…
How Extremists Weaponize Irony To Spread Hate | NPR
by Tom Dreisbach
April 27, 2021
On a recent episode of his livestreamed show, the 22-year-old extremist Nick Fuentes repeated a formula that has won him…
How WhatsApp became a tool for Indian police to fight harassment | Rest of World
by Mahima Jain
April 22, 2021
Last year, a 22-year-old college student in Hyderabad, India, approached one of his female classmates and asked if she’d be…
How Newsrooms, Journalists, and Their Peers Can Combat Online Violence | Nieman Journalism Lab
by Elisa Lees Munoz
April 13, 2021
By now, those of us working in news media know what online violence looks like. It manifests as sexist abuse,…
Twitch Will Act on ‘Serious’ Offenses That Happen Off-Platform | WIRED
by Cecilia D'Anastasio
April 9, 2021
Twitch is finally coming to terms with its responsibility as a king-making microcelebrity machine, not just a service or a…